From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 16 18:27:21 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 93D0716A4BF for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:27:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from d216-232-140-48.bchsia.telus.net (d216-232-140-48.bchsia.telus.net [216.232.140.48]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5F6743F93 for ; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:27:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sellis@d216-232-140-48.bchsia.telus.net) Received: from d216-232-140-48.bchsia.telus.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) h9H1TfWe013595; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:29:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sellis@d216-232-140-48.bchsia.telus.net) Received: (from sellis@localhost)h9H1TZtJ013594; Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:29:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sellis) Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2003 18:29:34 -0700 From: S Ellis To: Dinesh Nadarajah Message-ID: <20031017012934.GA13510@telus.net> Mail-Followup-To: Dinesh Nadarajah , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20031016145900.93573.qmail@web80401.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031016145900.93573.qmail@web80401.mail.yahoo.com> Reply-Toi: me User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Howto find packages X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 01:27:21 -0000 On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:59:00AM -0700, Dinesh Nadarajah wrote: stating that it could not download package ftp://....../mozilla.tgz. > > Is there a better way to find what ackages are available for > installation? I've been getting such good use from these Dru Lavigne articles that I feel obliged posting a link for you, http://www.onlamp.com/pub/q/FreeBSD_Basics The recent port related pages have many useful tips for managing your ports. -- Sean